There was a time when I would spend a solid five minutes gazing lovingly into my dogs eyes, playing this game we made up where I try to touch our noses before you could lick me and give me kisses. He would wag his tail and bark this little bark of excitement and he’d lick More…

On Saturday Mornings, we do pancakes in my house. It’s a long standing tradition from before we had kids; even before we were married. Back when we were in college and had other roommates. We would sleep as late as we could and make up a crap ton of pancakes and just eat until we More…

Some days, man. Your hair is spot on; Your wit is speedy as hell. Makeup is on point. Someone starts a debate about something you know everything about and you wtf own them. You convert a Jehovah Witness. The kid naps like a rock star. Your kids actually LIKE you. Husband comes home for lunch More…

You probably know one or two of those women. You know, the moms who just can’t seem to hack it. They need *shifty eyes* Help. Those people see a shrink occasionally. They take *whispers* Medication. *gasp* I don’t know about you but I’d much rather actually enjoy my children with all my feeling and relax after they go More…

I love “chilling.” I love laying back and relaxing, I love having friends over for dinner and then going to bed at 930. You know what I love more? Day drinking with my girlfriends at bunch. Biking along the beach and laughing until my sides hurt. Staying up playing games with my friends until midnight More…

Do you ever wonder why the best art comes from the most tortured artists? Musicians are notorious for getting caught up in drugs and depression. The funniest man in the world took his own life. (Robin Williams.) Why is it? So how does a hot mess turn into something beautiful? You may have already figured More…

We’ve spoken a lot over the past few years/months. I like you. You laugh at my jokes. I have a lot of fun with you and you seem to have a lot of fun with me. So why aren’t we Besties? I’ve evaluated this in my mind several times. Here’s some possible answers I’ve thought More…

My first reaction to an empty cupboard is annoyance at someone else for not putting the dishes away. This is also a pretty good indicator of what a bratty kid I was. I see a mess I made and my first thought is “Ugh! No one’s cleaned it up, yet!” I come home and see More…

Who are you kidding? You’ve got some crazy going on there. I can see it in your eyes. (OK, not really. I don’t live in your computer. Crazy.) Everyone has something they’re crazy over. Just like everyone has their own flavor of nerd, we all have our own crazy. Some people are a level of More…

Can we just say it? When you have a toddler, Daniel Tiger is the best parenting tool in your belt. I’m not kidding, I’m not exaggerating. Daniel Tiger makes us all better parents. Nostalgia Honestly this is 100% of the reason I started putting it on for my kids. In case you didn’t know it: More…